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Uniforms In Public School
1,501 words... dropped rapidly and 600 students have been given detention and 200 suspended. This did exactly the opposite of what uniforms are suppose to accomplish. If policy makers are serious about finding solutions to the problem of school violence, maybe they should ask the real experts: the students themselves. The ACLU recently conducted a series of focus groups with high school students asking them what would help reduce violence in school. Uniforms did not make the list. Their suggestion: 1. Sinc...
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Individual Morality Vs Flawed Social In Huck Finn
945 wordsIndividual Morality Vs. Flawed Social Morality In "Huck Finn" Throughout the tale of Huckleberry Finn, morality plays a very prominent role. Specifically; it is social morality that plays such an important role, social morality being the prevailing social morality of the general population. Huck is unique in that he does not fit in with the "civilized" society. In fact, it could be understood that Huck is somewhat of and outsider. Huck's own morality is often at odds with that of society, while ...
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Path To Enlightenment Immanuel Kant
1,281 wordsImmanuel Kant simply stated the creed of the enlightenment: Dare to know, (Kant 1). To thinkers like Kant, to achieve enlightenment was to gain release from self-incurred tutelage[the] inability to make use of [ones] understanding without direction from another, (Kant 1). Enlightenment thinkers addressed this issue. They present to us the question; why is it so hard to think for oneself? They propose answers to this puzzle, as well as provide solutions that will teach us how to think for ourselv...
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Public School System Wearing Uniforms
1,203 wordsWhat do policemen, basketball players and even hotel chefs have in common? They all wear uniforms which help identify their profession and positions. For many parents, teachers and students, the widely debated issue of mandatory uniforms in schools has caused concerns. Those who oppose school uniforms believe that fundamental rights to express oneself are violated. On the other hand, parents and school officials firmly believe that it is beneficial to the school and the students. Uniforms in sch...
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Gene And Finny Vulgar Language
733 wordsThroughout the course of the novel A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, there is one character that shows superior maturity and individuality over the other students at Devon School; that character is Finny. He is the best friend and roommate of the main character, Gene. Finny has characteristics that show his individuality and maturity. These characteristics are courage, modesty, forgiveness, appreciation, and peacefulness. The first occurrence resides in the first scene of the novel. Some of the...
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Toni Morrison Dream Deferred
1,130 wordsWhat happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? While Langhston Hughes authors this poem, A Dream Deferred, it can easily be interpreted as Toni Morrison's description of Nel and her life of sorrow and dissatisfaction. Sula and Nel, the protagonists in Toni Morrison's Sula, are each the only daughte...
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Ministry Of Love Literary Devices
1,252 wordsIt has always been mans dream to see and understand the future in an attempt to prepare himself for events which will eventually unfold. This hope is the premise for futuristic novels like George Orwell's 1984, which, step by step, moves through the life of a rebellious citizen trapped in a world of deceit and propaganda. Very few people have been exposed to such a treacherous environment as Oceania, where Winston, the main character, resides. Therefore, it was necessary for the author to interj...
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Fahrenheit 451 And 1984 The Fear Of Utopia
1,252 wordsSeveral conflicting frames of mind have played defining roles in shaping humanity throughout the twentieth century. Philosophical optimism of a bright future held by humanity in general was taken advantage of by the promise of a better life through sacrifice of individuality to the state. In the books Brave New World, 1984, and Fahrenheit 451 clear opposition to these subtle entrapment's was voiced in similarly convincing ways. They first all established, to varying degrees of balance, the atmos...
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Self Portraits Van Gogh And Rembrandt
964 wordsEach artist is an individual with a unique style, and although these styles can be similar in practice the individuality of the artist often proves the discriminating factor for a successful artwork. Self-portraits are beneficial when looking at the individuality of the artist as there are two aspects to look at the artists style, and the artists view of him / herself . The latter can provide a brief insight into the mental situation of the artist as well as any apparent influencing factors of t...
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Ray Bradbury Mass Production
780 wordsAll great things that have been created by mankind have evolved from individuals who dare to think outside of the box. There are the regretful ideas from which we learn from and of course the great ideas in which humanity has developed. For us to grow and change, mankind needs a diversity of ideas and thoughts. Without individualism, how can we evolve? Individualism creates uniqueness, different thoughts that some people think are strange and just wrong. All these ideas contribute to filling man...
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Consciousness Schleiermacher Absolute Dependence Religion
961 wordsFriedrich Schleiermacher, a Protestant theologian, philosopher, and educator, who wrote On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers (1799), ventured into Christian dogmatics in a non-conventional yet avant-garde manner. His new approach to critically analyzing religion signaled the beginning of the era of Protestant Liberal Theology whilst simultaneously placing his book among the classic substantive works that speaks to religion and Christian faith (Schleiermacher vii). Schleiermacher, some...
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Members Of Society Bourgeois Society
1,091 words... In the various stages of development which the struggle of the working class against the bourgeoisie has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole. The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of cl...
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Theme Of Death In Emily Dickinson Poetry
2,052 wordsTheme of Death in Emily Dickinson Poetry Not one of Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's readers has met the woman who lived and died in Amherst, Massachusetts more than a century ago, yet most of those same readers who have come to understand her through her work feel as if they know her closely. However it was her reclusive life that made understanding her quite difficult. However, taking a close look at her verses, one can learn a great deal about this remarkable woman. The poetry of Emily Dickinson d...
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Brave New World
2,396 wordsA Comparison Contrast of A Brave New World and 1984 Although many similarities exist between Aldous Huxley's A Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984, the works books though they deal with similar topics, are more dissimilar than alike. A Brave New World is a novel about the struggle of Bernard Marx, who rejects the tenants of his society when he discovers that he is not truly happy. 1984 is the story of Winston who finds forbidden love within the hypocrisy of his society. In both cases, the m...
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Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Man
943 wordsBecoming a Transcendentalist We will walk on our own; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men (The American Scholar). As the essence of transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson writes about the necessary steps one must take to become closer to God. To become spiritually intimate with God, Emerson conceives, one must separate himself from extraneo...
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Joy Luck Club Fall In Love
1,113 wordsChinese Culture vs. American Culture Chinese and Americans are very different, right? The Chinese believe that the family is more important than the Individual. Americans dont conform to the family, but do we not all try to fit into a social group or other group? Are we really that different from the Chinese? In traditional Chinese culture, women are subservient to men, ancestors are worshipped, and baby males are precious while baby girls are a burden. These ideals were true of people living in...
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Cloning Of Humans Sense Of Individuality
2,574 wordsCloning of Humans Right or Wrong Is cloning humans morally and ethically wrong? Are researchers taking many unnecessary risks with all the unknown affects it could bring to the human clone and the ethics of our society today? The term clone refers to a group of organisms that are genetically identical. Most such clones result from asexual reproduction, a process in which a new organism develops from only one parent (World Book Encyclopedia). To give you a little history of cloning, it began a lo...
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Lives Of Women Chopin
1,363 wordsKate Chopin A Style of her Own Kate Chopin uses symbolism and realism to enhance her theme of social conflict in the lives of women during the nineteenth century. These conflicts seemed to travel from one woman to the next, unnoticed by the rest of society. Chopin used these conflicts as a basis for all of her short stories and novels. This inevitably started turmoil about issues that never were brought out before. This, in turn, opened the eyes of society to the individuality of women. In The A...
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Part Of Nature Emily Dickinson
1,123 wordsEmily Dickinson was raised in a traditional New England home in the mid 1800 s. Her father along with the rest of the family had become Christians and she alone decided to rebel against hat and reject the Church. She like many of her contemporaries had rejected the traditional views in life and adopted the new transcendental outlook. Massachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in, before the transcendental period was the epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans, the ...
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Ray Bradbury Good Example
560 wordsIn Ray Bradbury novel, Fahrenheit 451, there is a very commonly known as a book of science fiction book. More specifically one that refers to the future, and the consequences that can be inflicted as a result of the world having very little individuality. However, this book also has had a long lasting effect on the world as we know it to be presently. Bradbury is obviously very concerned with the world, and how it is losing its individuality. This novel represents the differences of having indiv...
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